World Music

[Eileen]

Korea is pretty EASY as well. My ex weirdly LOVES a bit of K-Pop.

news: Agnetha shagged hakkanagin.

Or whatever his name was. That k-pop that bloke used to post was utter SHIT. There must be some better stuff than THAT.

[Win_the_game]

Well it could only ever be Princess Stéphanie for Monaco.

[Eileen]

Do I REALLY not have CHINA or MEXICO?

Ridiculous.

EDIT: Qian Zhou is the violin soloist on a CD of Dvorak I have. TICK.

[dmlaw]

Have some traditional music from Mali.

[Alex]

That leaves the following countries (potentially) that I'd like to TICK OFF:

Senegal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTFdkdkAtw

[Phoenix]

i'll do an assortment of Syrian stuff...

First Lena Chamamyan, she takes classic Syrian songs and mixes them with Jazz.





On the other side of the spectrum, a very trashy song but it was a huge hit about two years ago (this is what's known as truck drivers music around here).



Not forgetting one of the most successful Syrian pop singers Asala Nasri who is also one of the most cringe worthy....



i'll add some more classic Syrian stuff later.

[Dark Carnival]

Asala is truely the Syrian Madonna

[Alex]

Indonesia

Angunn

[Phoenix]

She's our QOL

Another classic ballad



And this is the most classic Syrian music around from Sabah Fakri

[Dark Carnival]

And this is the most classic Syrian music around from Sabah Fakri

OMG! When Rowayda sang it on Super Star... QUEEN OF PERFS

Rowayda <3

[Mats]

Mali

[Eileen]

I liked the Sabah Fakhri stuff.

I also liked that Sabali song, Mats. I have found out that it is by Amadou & Mariam. Isn't Manu Chao from France, though?

I've also realised that I have already ticked off Senegal thanks to Akon (yeah I know ) appearing on Sexy Bitch. I never knew MC Solaar was from Senegal.

[dmlaw]

Have you not got any K'Naan? Surely that would count for Somalia.

[Eileen]

I did think that but Waving Flag was utter shit. So no.

[Eileen]

I really need that City of Ghosts soundtrack and that Skarzy album.

FFS!

[Phoenix]

I liked the Sabah Fakhri stuff.

i've put it in Syria's secret nuclear factory in case you want it (sorry it's wma but the mp3 was too big).

[Eileen]

It's cool - I can convert. Cheersio!

[Eileen]

UPDATE. I own music from all these countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

And hence need to tick off the following:

Andorra, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of the, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Fiji, Gabon, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Yemen, Zambia

[Eileen]

Another UPDATE.

I have hit the 150 mark meaning I'm currently missing the following:

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Gabon, Guyana, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Maldives, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sudan, South, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Vatican City, Yemen, Zambia

[Eileen]

Here are the 35 most cunty countries left to get:

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Eritrea, Guyana, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Micronesia, Nauru, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Somalia, Sri, Lanka, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Vatican City, Yemen

A dreadful list of FAILED STATES, I'm sure you'll agree. Should Ecuador REALLY be this hard?

[lolly]

Eddy Grant was born in Guyana. Can't you make him count?

[Eileen]

Eddy Grant was born in Guyana. Can't you make him count?

He would count. But I'm insisting on actually LIKING at least one song by each artist. I don't like anything he's done either solo or with the Equals.

[lolly]

He would count. But I'm insisting on actually LIKING at least one song by each artist. I don't like anything he's done either solo or with the Equals.

Well if you're going to make it THAT hard on yourself...

Apparently the drummer of Ian Dury and the Blockheads is (was?) Guyanese as well, if that's any use.

[Eileen]

Well if you're going to make it THAT hard on yourself...

Apparently the drummer of Ian Dury and the Blockheads is (was?) Guyanese as well, if that's any use.

I'll get there. I reckon I'm doing WELL. I've still got some ideas about how to get some of the rest...

[Eileen]

Just found one for NAURU

Little victories and all that

[Eileen]

22 countries left

Bahamas, Botswana, Chad, Djibouti, Guyana, Kiribati, Lesotho, Maldives, Micronesia, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Uganda and Vatican City

They shouldn't be THIS HARD

[Diddy]

I'm surprised you got a Sao Tome and Principe

I presume you are keeping away from Eurovision, I'm sure we could find SOMETHING from San Marino there?

[Eileen]

As I have already SAID, I am NOT keeping away from Eurovision. ALSO, there was only one band to ever represent San Marino to be from San Marino and they were SHIT.

Sao Tome and Principe was hard but not that hard. The portguese influence helped.

[Madison]

Kyu Sakamoto's Sukiyaki even went top 10 in the UK. Apparently it's the only Japanese language hit ever over here. Sash! should've released Gambereh.

I think it's a US #1. Bizarre

[Diddy]

Didn't you like this year's Sammarinese (:geek entry? If you haven't heard it, please don't start with the live perf

[Diddy]

Oh, turns out she was Eritrean (!). And you have that. Poop

[Madison]

Senit isn't from San Marino

[Madison]

Oh, turns out she was Eritrean (!). And you have that. Poop

Italian really

[Eileen]

Italian really

Quite.

[Diddy]

I cut corners because I wasn't interested

I'll never get that degree in Senitology

[Eileen]

Countries left to get:

NONE

Write up coming soon...

[Eileen]

Although I had to relax the rules a BIT for Vatican City.

[Mats]

is there not a Pope speech remix on youtube you can burn to a cd?

[Eileen]

is there not a Pope speech remix on youtube you can burn to a cd?

I have discounted the Pope as no Pope has actually been born inside the country. Instead I've gone for a 16th century composer who was born in what was then the Papal States but is modern day Italy.

[Andricicle]

I presume you have included ROZALLA to make Zimbabwe qualify? Or have you gone for something more authentic after all?